Friday, 30 December 2011

I have endless time for both Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson... Luckily for me and thousands of others, they collided beautifully in the wonderful Stephen King adaptation of The Shining. Below are some absolutely awesome alternative posters, done by a myriad of artists. Check them out below, links to the artists are underneath !

A cross between utter boredom and nigh-dangerous obsession with Walt Disney has led me onto this wonderful video of the man himself featuring in a show called Whats My Line?

Whats My Line? was a panel gameshow originally shown in the USA from 1950 to 1967, with this particular episode being on November 11th 1956.
Theres something quite magical about seeing the Disney giant himself on firstly, a panel gameshow and secondly, talking about upcoming things for his then brand new Disneyland. Enjoy !

ps. If you aren't a Disney fan, then keep scrolling for another treat... ;)

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

You can't beat David Attenborough's voice, especially when he's reciting the words of "What a wonderful world" to beautiful nature footage from his most recent series "Frozen Planet". Almost brings tears to your eyes...

I may be one of the only people in the world that actually enjoyed the first G.I. Joe live action movie, but you have to admit that the sequel (directed by Jon M. Chu rather than Stephen Sommers this time round) looks sooooo much better. Not only does it have The Rock and Bruce Willis to up the testosterone ante but Cobra Commander and Snake Eyes look so much better in their new outfits...

Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, the all-new, PG-13 rated film arrives February 28, 2012 from Warner Home Video as a Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack ($24.98 SRP) and DVD ($19.98 SRP), On Demand and for Download. Both the Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack and DVD will include an UltraViiolet™ Digital Copy,

Justice League: Doom finds Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Cyborg and Batman on their heels when a team of super villains discover and implement the Dark Knight’s “contingency plans” for stopping any rogue Justice League member. The story is inspired by Mark Waid’s much-heralded “JLA: Tower of Babel.”

Primetime television stars Nathan Fillion (Castle) and Tim Daly (Private Practice), the reigning voices of Green Lantern and Superman, respectively, join a group of eight actors reprising their famed Justice League cartoon roles. Fillion made his debut as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan in the recent Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, and took his initial DC Universe movie bow as the voice of Steve Trevor in the 2008 hit Wonder Woman. Daly originated his role as Superman’s voice in the landmark cartoon, Superman: The Animated Series. He has reprised the role in two DC Universe films: the 2009 extravaganza Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and the 2010 thriller Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.

The grand reunion of actors who provided the voices of the Justice League for the cartoon of the same name and its follow-up, Justice League Unlimited, includes Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman, Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville, Breaking In) as Flash, Susan Eisenberg (Superman/Batman: Apocalypse) as Wonder Woman and Carl Lumbly (Alias) as J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter. Bumper Robinson (A Different World, Transformers: Animated) joins the cast as Cyborg.

The Justice League faces two sets of villainous teams in the film – The Royal Flush Gang and a sextet of notable evildoers. The latter group includes three voice acting alumni of the Justice League animated series: Phil Morris (Smallville, Seinfeld) as Vandal Savage, Olivia d’Abo (The Wonder Years) as Star Sapphire, and Alexis Denisof (Angel) as Mirror Master. Also opposing our heroes are Carlos Alazraqui (Reno 911) as Bane, Paul Blackthorne (The Dresden Files) as Metallo, and Claudia Black (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) as Cheetah.

David Kaufman (Danny Phantom) also reprises his Justice League role of Jimmy Olsen.

The film is executive produced by Bruce Timm (Batman: Year One), and directed by Lauren Montgomery (Batman: Year One), who is also credited as producer alongside Alan Burnett (Batman: The Animated Series). Justice League: Doom is the final DC Universe film script from the late Dwayne McDuffie (All-Star Superman, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths), who passed away in February 2011. Casting and dialogue direction is once again in the capable hands of Andrea Romano (Batman: Year One, Justice League).

“Justice League: Doom has all the classic ingredients of a great super hero film – a cavalcade of dynamic villains, internal strife amongst our heroes, treacherous twists and turns, and a cast that brings together some of today’s popular primetime television actors with many of the fans’ favorite voices from the original series,” said Hersin Magante, Warner Home Video Marketing Director, Family & Animation. “I think fans will embrace Dwayne’s McDuffie’s final DCU script, particularly as it has been nuanced by Bruce Timm and the Warner Bros. Animation team. Warner Home Video is proud to distribute Justice League: Doom as the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie.”

Justice League: Doom Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack has 3 hours of exciting content, including:
•Standard and high definition versions of the feature film
•UltraViiolet™ Digital Copy,
•Sneak Peak at Superman vs. The Elite, the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie
•Featurette – “A Legion of One: The Dwayne McDuffie Story” – The skilled writer penned some of the best stories which consistently entertained fans. From his early writing career to adapting the popular work of All-Star Superman, this is the story of Dwayne McDuffie, as told by his family and friends.
•Featurette – “Guarding the Balance: Batman and the JLA” – Everyone has a weakness and so do superheroes, yet when they go rogue, their power can topple more than a few egos, they can shatter worlds. The Justice League is the most powerful organization of superheroes on the planet, but what if the Justice League went rogue, and decided to use their power for harm?
•Mini-featurette – “Their Time Has Come: Cyborg and the DC Universe’s New Diversity” – 2011 will go down in DC Comics storied history as a year when a rich diversity of characters were re-introduced into the spotlight alongside Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. One of the most celebrated of the re-imagined characters is Cyborg, who became the new Man of Steel in Geoff Johns’ altered universe storyline, Flashpoint.
•Creative team commentary
•Two bonus episodes from the Justice League animated series handpicked by Bruce Timm: Wild Cards, Part 1 and 2, written by Stan Berkowitz and Dwayne McDuffie
•Digital Comic

Didn't think I'd be excited about this in any way or form, even though I loved the first film, but below is the newly released first trailer for Men in Black 3 and I have to admit I'm looking forward to it much more now!

I was very late when it came to watching Game of Thrones, as in I only finished watching it a couple of weeks ago and it's been off air for months, but I'm seriously looking forward to series two of a series that has seriously blown me away. It's one of the best shows to have been on TV in years and gripped me from the very first episode.

Below is the teaser trailer for series 2... The cold winds are indeed rising and winter is coming...

Red Dwarf is supposedly coming back for a brand new series in 2012 (having failed to meet fan expectation the last time it was temporarily rebooted with the "Back to Earth" miniseries back in 2009) and I for one am extremely excited. I love Red Dwarf, I have all the DVD boxsets, I have all the autographs from the cast and we have all the paraphernalia that's possibly available in my shop (Red Sun).

Here's the short make-up-test video below showing some of the cast meeting back up!

Friday, 9 December 2011

When Liam Neeson's plane goes down in the deadly snowy mountains only his determination to see his wife and his rock hard military training can save him and the other crash survivors from the ravenous wolves that begin to hunt them and pick them off one by one...

This looks like my kind of film, and you can never really go wrong with Mr. Neeson!

I think I can safely say that I'm a Left 4 Dead obsessive and for the past two years I've played the game on an almost nightly basis... So it will come as no surprise that I'm stoked that I just came across a possible fan-film through this teaser trailer below.

The short video showcases features 3 of the 4 main characters from the first game Zoe, Francis, and Louis and could well turn out to be my favourite fan-film of all time, next to Batman: Dead End and World's Finest!